You and I living in one house — Chapter 1

ALRIGHT, I'M HEADING OUT!

GOOD WORK TODAY!

OH, BY THE WAY... DIDN'T DABIN SAY SHE WAS QUITTING?

YEAH, SHE MOVED IN WITH HER YOUNGER BROTHER,

SO SHE'S DOING PART-TIME JOBS JUST TO COVER RENT AND EXPENSES.

WAIT, SHE'S WORKING FOUR OR FIVE JOBS ALL BY HERSELF?

SHE HASN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO RE-ENROLL IN COLLEGE YET?

POOR GIRL... SHE WORKS WAY TOO HARD FOR HER AGE.

SIGH TODAY WAS BRUTAL...

I JUST WANT TO CRASH, BUT I CAN'T EVEN RELAX IN MY OWN PLACE THANKS TO DA-WOON.

SHARING A TINY STUDIO APARTMENT WITH A GROWN MAN IS ABSOLUTE MISERY...

PAY $00.00

BROTHER OR NOT, THIS IS GETTING RIDI- CULOUS...!

IT WOULDN'T BE SO BAD IF HE AT LEAST PITCHED IN FOR LIVING EXPENSES.

INSTEAD OF STUDYING FOR HIS RETAKES, HE JUST GOES OUT PARTYING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Where does he even get money to go out?

WHATEVER... I GUESS I SHOULD BE GLAD HE DOESN'T BEAT ME UP LIKE HE USED TO.

MOM SAID THINGS WERE ROUGH BACK HOME...

RIGHT. I'M HIS OLDER SISTER.

I CAN ENDURE IT A LITTLE LONGER.

HUH?

WAIT, IT'S ALREADY HERE?

DELIVERY DRIVER: PLACED YOUR ORDER IN FRONT OF YOUR DOOR! [7M AGO] 18:56

NICE! GOTTA EAT THIS BEFORE THE TTEOKBOKKI GETS ALL SOGGY!

"...SO ARE YOU GONNA KEEP LIVING HERE?"

HUH? A GIRL'S VOICE?

YEAH, PROBABLY? HAHA.

ISN'T THIS YOUR SISTER'S PLACE?

WHO CARES? SHE CAN MOVE INTO A DORM OR FIND HER OWN PLACE.

THAT'S DA-WOON'S VOICE... WHO'S WITH HIM?

SHE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW MOM GIVES ME AN ALLOWANCE, YET SHE HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME TO GET A JOB.

I BARELY HAVE ENOUGH SPENDING MONEY FOR MYSELF, AND SHE KEEPS NAGGING AT ME TO PAY RENT-

A REAL BEATING WOULD STRAIGHTEN HER RIGHT OUT.

EEK!

HOLY SHIT, YOU SCARED ME!

OH, UM... HI.

AH, FUCK. WHY'D YOU SLAM THE DOOR OPEN LIKE THAT?!

WAIT, IS THIS THE ORIGINAL FLAVOR?

WOW, ORDERING SPICY JUST SO SHE CAN HOG IT ALL FOR HERSELF.

NEXT TIME, GET THE MILD-

?

YOU FUCKING BITCH...

KYAAAAH!

I LET YOU OFF EASY, AND YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR DAMN MIND?!

GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!!

I SWEAR TO GOD, I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!!

WHY AM I RUNNING AWAY FROM MY OWN APARTMENT?

WHY ISN'T MY OWN HOME EVEN A SAFE SPACE FOR ME?

NO... FROM THE VERY BEGINNING...

"HE WOULDN'T HAVE RAISED A HAND TO YOU FOR NO REASON!"

"IT'S YOUR OWN FAULT FOR GETTING HIT!"

DID I EVER EVEN HAVE A “HOME” TO BEGIN WITH?

AT LEAST CRYING HELPED CLEAR MY HEAD A BIT...

BUT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GO BACK NOW...?

WAIT... SOMEONE IS SITTING NEXT TO ME?

WH-WHAT IS WITH HIS POSTURE?! HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S TWO SECONDS AWAY FROM COLLAPSING!

HIS SPINE AND SHOULDERS ARE COMPLETELY HUNCHED OVER...!

NO, STOP.

IT'S WRONG TO JUDGE A STRANGER'S BODY LIKE THAT. BAD DABIN.

...NOW I'M FORCING MYSELF TO SIT UP STRAIGHT.

-WAIT, MORE IMPORTANTLY...

WHAT IS THAT BLACK BLOB ON HIS BACK...?

UM... EXCUSE ME. YOU HAVE SOMETHING ON YOUR BACK.

IS THIS...

EEK!

WH-

WHAT IS THIS?!!

BACKGROUND: FORMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOT PUT CHAMPION

AH.

I THREW IT WITHOUT THINKING!

WHAT ON EARTH WAS THAT THING...?

YOU...

?!

M... MINSU...

MINSU?

MINSU...

WHERE DID YOU THROW MINSU?!!

M-MINSU?? WHO IS THAT?!!

Let go of me first...!

WH-WAIT, I DIDN'T EVEN PUSH YOU THAT HARD...

ARE YOU OKAY? WHY DID YOU SUDDENLY GRAB MY ARM-

...MY FRIEND.

HUH?

MY FRIEND, MINSU...

WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM...?

DON'T TELL ME...

HE CALLS THAT CREEPY GHOST CREATURE MINSU?!

BACK THEN, I HAD NO IDEA.

NO...

DON'T GO, MINSU...

UM... ARE YOU ABLE TO STAND UP?

THAT WHEN I REACHED OUT MY HAND TO HIM THAT DAY...

DON'T LEAVE ME...

I HAD JUST PICKED UP A YOUNGER GUY WITH SEVERE SEPARATION ANXIETY!